Bliss is thanked by officials over Yukon mining survey
A garbled memo from Seattle shows praise to a president of a North American mining firm. Acting Secretary Ryan notes forexpected duties and the need for a firm SUFIRX state at Seattle and Departure Points for the gold Meld. Surveyor General Diston, newly appointed, discussed next steps with department officials. The survey may occur next year in the Fidior country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wattrinaeem
Deri Tive
Nock American Trapoate Teers Prism Company
Seattie
Seu
Ryan
Ubatib
Uber
Wesel
Diston
Alveha
Wenegline
Sinking of the Mexico near Topska Rocks
The steamer Mexico, bound for Alaska, sank after striking rocks near Topska. Captain Luke and Pilot Connell were among the last to leave. About 40 passengers and crew were aboard when it went down two hours after the collision, but calm evacuation saved many with personal belongings. Inspector Bryant will conduct an inquiry. the captain was discharged following the accident.
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Topska
Seattle
Aus
Alaska
Mexico
Luke
Thames
Wo Bryant
Thomas
Connell
Eiffel Tower Toboggan Plans for Paris Exposition
Paris officials reviewed a hundred project ideas for the 1300 Paris exposition. Submissions included a Bartholdi statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, a 608 foot tall replica restaurant, a colossal vertical screw with glass, a Trojan horse replica, and a spiral railway and toboggan chute for the Eiffel Tower. The committee found none of the schemes practicable.
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Paris
Bartholdi
New York Harbor
Petroleum Mosquito Control At Midland Beach
In New York Aus 12 crude petroleum was spread in water within a mile of Midland Beach Staten Island to curb mosquitoes. A week later mosquitos have largely vanished in the area and only a barely perceptible presence remains near the beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aus
Midland Beach
Staten Island
M. J. Wightman
Bitters and Cough Syrup Advertisements
An old newspaper fragment touts Electric Bitters as a liver tonic and general health remedy, claiming relief for headaches indigestion and constipation and noting a price of 1 per bottle at J B Jones Drug Store. Also promotes Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup as a cough and consumption healer with druggist availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Jones
Ae Drugeists
Living Flag planned by Kansas veterans for festival week
A Kansas reunion plans a living flag on the state capitol steps with hundreds of children in costume. The festival program covers daily events from September 27 to October 2 including a GA R clash, living flag plans, parade routes, and speeches by veterans leaders and local officials.
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Veterans and Sons of Veterans
May
Ion
Leedy
Bealf
A. R. Greene
Kansas Cavalry
Lecompton
W. H. Russell
Rush Center
Sons of Veterans
Veterans’ Associations
Army
Department of Kansas
G. A. Rpb
Modocs
W. P. Peder
Charlés Curtis
Topeka
John Madden
Emporia
Sp. m
Committee of Fifteen
Thlotson
Ed H. Madison
Dodge City
Grant W. Harrington
Hiawatha
Supreme Court
Ex-Prisoners of War Association
Committee of ‘Twenty-eight
Fort Worth carnival queen proposal eyed for Topeka event
A Texan correspondent outlines carnival queen ideas for a Topeka visit. She details interstate queen parades, city sponsorships, and lavish floats with royalty from San Antonio to Mexico. She notes plans for a state organization and visits by committee to Colorado Springs and Topeka to scout ideas.
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Capitol
San Antonio
Gertrude Dwyer
Kingdom of
Mexico
Une Republic
Diaz
Mexican Central Railroad
Pullman Palace Car Company
Trajan
Germany
Kansas City
St. Louis
New Orleans
Napoleon
Czar
Cleopatra
Victoria
Kansas
Kingdom of Tennessee
Texas
Colorado Springs
Topeka
Late denunciation and Republican hopes for Morrill
The Wichita Eagle notes Morrill as a possible Kansas governor candidate amid denouncing a vindication of his administration. It mocks his record on Prohibition and asserts the Republican party should nominate fresh, clean candidates rather than vindicate past leaders.
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Eagie
Wichita Eagie
E. N. Morrill
Horton
Kansas City Gazette
Kansas
Gazette
Morris
Morrill
Wichita
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Merrill
Republican Party of
Dead Men in the Nile Capture at Abu Hamed by Anglo Egyptian Troops
Dispatches from Aswan describe Col Hunter’s capture of Abu Hamed on August 7 after an 18 hour march from Merawi. House to house fighting forced artillery use and heavy casualties including Major Sliney and Lieut. Fitzelurence. Dervish forces fled after losses. Mohammed Zen was captured and the emir killed as his fortified house fell. Large quantities of prisoners arms standards camels and horses were taken amid a chaotic Nile crossing and corpses drifting in Merawi waters.
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Cairo
CIA
Aispatches
Assoan
Nile
Abu Hamed
Hunter
Merawi
Soudanese
H. M. Sliney
Lieut
Fitzelurence
Mohammed Zen
Train fare to Kansas City offered for weekend round trip
Weekend rail deal listed for travel from nearby city to Kansas City and return for 100 dollars. Tickets available Saturday and Sunday, with sale indicating specific routes and dates.
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Auner
Sana Fe
Kansas i
Jeanesee Dm
Ticksis
Sas City
Kansas City
Webb
Santa Fe Rendezvous Plans State Employee Organizers
An executive committee moved to organize Santa Fe railway employes across Kansas towns to boost interest in the state celebration. Prominent railroad men will call meetings, form local committees, and coordinate with Topeka officials to ensure widespread regional support and displays in the parade.
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Santa Fe
Kansas
W. Keane
Bante Pe
Air
Koun
Topeka
W. C. Garvey
Kotns
Jetter
W. J. Healy
Weilhosr
Win
Hamilton
Healy
Colocco Fuel Ont Iron Company
Garvey
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
Colorado
Mount Carmel Cos Company
Mount Carmel Company
C. F. Cavert
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
C. #. Cavert
Wm. Hamilton
J. HW. Griff
Lth
C.F. Cavert
MC. A
Curry
Cavert
Carrie
Wheat Crop Report Covers Washington and North Idaho
Beattie Washington Aug 12 the Bookesman Review prints a crop report totaling 41 600 000 bushels for Washington and North Idaho. Estimates list Spokane county 4 000 008 bushels Walla 4 000 000 Adams 300 00 Whitman Lin holm Lytes Yakima 2 08 Latah Nez Perces 1 000 001 with a total of 41 600 100 bushels and a price of 1 00. A travel note mentions Kansas City to Santa Fe Route tickets good August 14 and 15 with return by Aug 15. G W Stansfeld advertises De Witts Witch Hazel Salve for skin ailments.
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Washington and
Worth Idaho
Beattie
Wash
Washington
Spokane County
Wade Walla
Adams
Whitman
Linholm
North Idaho
Latah County
Nez Perces
Kansas City
Topeka News Roundup Sparks City Happenings
John MacDonald visits Harper and visiting figures from Emporia and Stafford color a mixed Topeka scene. The Populist county central committee meets Saturday at 2 pm as Karnival banners draw crowds. local balls, clubs, and society events fill the week with civic chatter.
Bryan's Outing Ends in Montana Escort
Spencer Aug 12 W J Bryan returns from a 17 day Yellowstone Park trip. He is met by Governor Smith and Congressman Hartman who will escort him to Butte and other points in Montana. The item closes with an advertisement for Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
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Spencer
Iga
W. J. Bryan
Yellowstone Park
Smith
Hartman
Butte
Montana
Ayer
The Rock Island Route To the A I Encampment Recalled
They have taken it before. They like it and will take it again. The Rock Island, the official route to the A I Encampment, is highlighted as the preferred travel choice for attending the event.
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Rock Island
A. I
Bargain Giving Sale Listing Various Groceries and Teas
No let-up to the bargain giving listing a wide array of groceries and household items. Items include sugars coffees teas spices soaps starch cereals cocoa and root beer with quantities and prices implied for bulk purchase. The fragment enumerates standard brands and staple goods typical of early 20th century retail notices.
German cabinet reshuffle signals shift to bimetallic policy
Berlin reports the appointment of Count Posadowsky-Wielhner as vice chancellor and foreign secretary to represent the chancellor in monetary affairs, with Baron von Thielmann named to handle Reich finances. The moves hint at agrarian protection and bimetallist influence, amid debates on gold standard versus double currency and potential tariff reprisals.
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Berlin
Reichsangerger
Count Posudowsky-Welhner
Heichsbank
Baron von Thielmann
United States
Bundesrath
Dr. Koch
Reichsbank
Germany
Count Posadowsky
Althoush
von ‘Thitmann
Western seaside post falls to Japanese? Wei Hai Wei report
Sun Vrapetse, a North China Daily News correspondent, visits Wei Hai Wei and states Japanese troops are rapidly reduced with a small garrison left. Forts dismantled and Krupp guns леж in ruins, damaged by dynamite. The area is repurposed for millet and sweet potato fields.
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Sun Vrapetse
Ug. 12
North China Daily News
Wei Hai Wei
Censured Calendar Reform Proposed by British Minister
The Minster at Washington proposes to correct a new calendar used in the country. Hong Kong calculations were found inaccurate. a new reckoning would be adopted. An official order was sent to a town and other places explaining the change and its purpose.
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San
Ington
Hong Kong
Jude
Rich gold extraction at Coffs Creek headline report
Aug 12 reports from Coffes Creek California describe a high daily gold take of 580.000, with $40.08 value noted and graves of the Whe Gravee brothers linked to a burglary and a park theft earlier last Saturday. A new Morrison discovery near the Grarne brothers site suggests a two mine operation, with miners extracting gold at an average of 0 to the pun, seen as a possible extension of the Graves claim.
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Coffs Creek
Redding
Cal
Coffes Creek
Morrison
Grarne
Porcelain Ingredient Discovered Under Riding City
In Reding, Pa a vein of kaolin or porcelain ingredient was found beneath the surface on A. Thajbeliser property at the head of Green Street. The deposit measures 12 to 17 feet deep with widths around 15 inches and is valued as a higher quality material than Kaolin from other areas.
Under Another's Name at Soldiers Home Exposes Inmate Scam
A Civil War veteran touring the Santa Fe soldiers home in San Francisco discovers he has been listed as a resident there for over two years. An inmate named Peter Mikulson is placed under arrest as the news reveals the mix up and exposure. Other items note Siberian railway developments and a freight charter of 3,006 tons to move lumber and railroad ties from the Columbia River.
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Siberia
San Francisco
Glen Turret
Columbia River
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Bliss
Department
Eiffel Tower Toboggan
Quicura
State House
M. FP. McKcirahan
McKirahan
GAFL
Leaverworth
Hiram Alle
GA. KR
J. ¥. Nilen
A. M. Fuller
D. F. Wyatt
Committee On Music
Camputes
G. A. R. Quartette
Bradstreet
Wyatt
Capt. Fuller
Holmen
Ft. Worth
Fort Worth
Texan
Ed Little
The
Santa Fe Committee
Ourning
de Witt
Viezel
Burma
Logescar
G. W. Stansfeld
G&3
Kaneas Avenue
John MacDonald
Harper
Jones
T. W. Scott
Stafford
Kum
Thorpe
EC. Littleax
Abilene
Sixth and
Kansas Avenue
George W. Smith
California
Herington
Wear Coal Company
Topylon
Perry
Atchison Laseball
Indianapolis
W. Littlefield
Legal Department
Michigan
Topeka Commercial Club
John Embree
Hiawaths
James A. Troutman
Potwin
Greenwald
Tiance
Leeily
F. A. ‘Tracey
Cheyenne County
Nelson Ward
Hock Island
Kanwar Avenue
Lucy
Mayetta
Reform School
Ben Jordan
Jordan
Washburn College
Fraternal Aid Association
H. J. Winn
Harrison Street
Grocers’ and Butchers’ Plcase
Adams Bros.’ Printing Office
Fred Wellhouse
William H. Barnes
State Horticultural Society
McPherson
Lew Bronson
Frank Shelden
Tiel Baksh
Bombay
India
Ueht Bakeh
Denver University
Paul Torrington
Bryan
Baker's
van Houten
Newre
Salt Park
W. L. la
W. L
J. S. Sprout
the Star Grocer
Telerfmone
Germany Empire
Cannon
Fred Grant
Col. Prestrant
Sound Money League
League
China
McKinley
Eee
Col
Grant
Hackney
Jennings
Chicago
Paiges
Crawford's Opera House
Kanswear
Hina
Cosford
Riding
Union Pacific
Crawrea
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